Do you remember the first table grace you learned? You can join with me if you want.

God is great, God is Good
Now we thank Him for our food.
By His hand we all are fed,
Thank you Lord, for daily bread. Amen.

Where did you learn that prayer? Who taught it to you? Your folks right? Who taught it to them? Their folks. I have no idea when that little ditty of a table grace was first written, but almost everybody knows it. It's the standard at many family meals. It's been passed on from generation to generation by faithful parents and grandparents.

That's how our faith has been handled as well. It's been passed on from one generation to another, through faithful preaching and teaching of those called by God. Listen to how the Apostle Paul addresses the church at Ephesus. He writes:

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